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Entries for July 2004

Ryan pushes bow hunting provision in tax bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A mammoth $34 billion corporate tax bill making its way through the House this week includes a measure aimed at helping U.S. manufacturers of bow hunting equipment.
The sponsor, Rep. ...

Posted on Fri, Jun. 25, 2004
It'll be status quo for Kansas quail hunters
By BRENT FRAZEE
The Kansas City Star
The debate over the Kansas quail hunting season is over.
After months of heated discussion about a Kansas Department of Wildlife an...

Posted on Thu, Jun. 24, 2004
Pheasant count largest in 40 years
WAYNE ORTMAN
Associated Press
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A mild winter and decent nesting conditions this spring could bolster a 2003 pheasant population that was the state's largest in ...

Record number seek hunting licenses
Last Update: 07/01/2004 8:43:41 AM
By: Associated Press
(Santa Fe-AP) -- The state Game and Fish Department has finished its annual computerized lottery drawings for elk, deer and other hunting licenses and th...

June 23, 2004 -- NEW York and New Jer sey have movements afoot to improve hunting opportunities while getting more people involved in the shooting sports.
In both New York houses, the Senate and Assembly are debating companion bills that will open r...

Prepare Now for Your Carolina Draw Hunt
Keep these tips in mind and your odds for getting drawn for an excellent public-land deer hunt go up dramatically.
By Dan Kibler
Yeah, you can go to Virginia or South Carolina and plunk your dollar down a...

'Phantastic' pheasants: Family turns small idea into a lifestyle
Published Friday, July 2, 2004 11:16:20 PM Central Time
By Matthew Butler
of the Times
ALBANY -- Three years ago the Briggs family of rural Albany had plans of having a pheasant ...

Posted on Mon, Jul. 26, 2004
Deer numbers in Georgia may need to be thinned
Associated Press
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. - A new state management plan could lead to deer numbers being thinned in some areas.
State officials are looking at a number of opti...

Indiana State Wildlife Update
Here's the latest on what to expect this season for deer, waterfowl, turkeys and more, straight from one of our state's top wildlife officials.
By Tom Berg
What's in store for Hoosier hunters this season? Here, Ind...

Posted on Sun, Jul. 04, 2004
Longer Minnesota pheasant season has its skeptics
BY CHRIS NISKANEN
Outdoors editor
Minnesota's hen pheasant population won't be hurt by the state's newly extended rooster season, but not all the state's hunters and...

Hunting thriving in Ohio
By Gene Mueller
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The National Wild Turkey Federation suggests a hard look should be taken at the tremendous numbers of wildlife across America these days.
It says one group stands above all others...

Posted on Sun, Jun. 27, 2004
Hunting goes down as housing goes up
Hunters are taking a financial hit as land is lost to development
DENNY SEITZ
Staff Writer
When he drives by Baxter Village, Fort Mill resident Ed Howe doesn't think about neo-t...

20 Arkansans Win Elk-Hunting Permits
Thousands Apply To Hunt In Buffalo River Country
Twenty Arkansans have won permits to hunt elk next fall in the Buffalo River country of Northwest Arkansas.
The hunt will be Sept. 20-24 and Dec. 6-10, and the per...

ALBANY – Fast-flying dove are a fickle lot as every wing-shooter knows. They're often here today in droves ahead of early autumn cold fronts and gone tomorrow by the time the dew dries.
But Rob Hailey, a Shackelford County rancher, has learned to e...

Local teen receives high hunting honor
Sunday, July 04, 2004
West Bank bureau
A Gretna teenager is among several New Orleans area youth who recently earned top honors at the Louisiana Youth Hunter Education Challenge, held by the Department of Wildli...

Tb News Source
Web Posted: 7/4/2004 11:02:44 PM
The Metis Nation of Ontario General Assembly may run for five days...but the focus is clearly on one particular meeting Wednesday afternoon.
Metis leaders are scheduled to discuss the aftermath of ...

Lunar phases effect hunting
By Art Cone
The Virginia Gazette
Published June 30, 2004
Received a review copy of an interesting book, “Biological Time,” by Bernie Taylor. He goes back to the cave art left by ice age people in Europe and explains tha...